The Pointer in Aylesbury Vale

Warm and welcoming, good food and attentive staff.

Nice country pub. Good seating with wide choice menu. Food good and all meals well presented. Staff friendly

Food was bland for the price they charged and to add insult they charged 4.95 service charge without asking me...cheeky buggers.

I booked a table for saturday evening, we were greeted by friendly and professional staff, it has a very nice atmosphere and the food was superb. I'm pleased to say it does live up to its reputation. I will definitely be returning I cannot comment on the rooms as we only ate there but if the bar and restaurant are anything to go by they I'd imagine they would be very well presented and clean.

What a pub! Extremely picturesque and quaint with immaculate slate floors, delicious local beer and incredible food. The service was very friendly and prompt and all the prices were reasonable.

Excellent Food & Service. Great Location with Brill Windmill around the corner.

The room was a fantastic size, with very low ceilings which added to the character of the place. The pub below serves huge portions of extremely good food in the evening and at breakfast

The ('On') Pointer! Wow absolutely amazing - professional staff, mouthwatering food and a lovely country pub atmosphere. Will definitely return again sometime, whole experience was on point!

Wonderful country pub. So welcoming, great food, kid and dog friendly. Great service, great food, great location, lovely staff.

Rooms were amazing and great customer service

Really lovely village pub with a great selection of food and drinks, more vegetarian options than most pubs from my experience, service was great and location lovely in a nice peaceful village, will be back for sure!

The reason why I am writing this review is because I noticed that the fish and chips failed to please a reviewer earlier this month, so I told other members of my group about this .They ordered the fish anyway and when asked said it was very good. I ordered the barbequed Korean chicken which was good. Service good friendly staff.

Brilliant country pub with fabulously quirky rooms

This is our second time staying at The Pointer. The rooms are nice/great for the price but the food and service in the pub are knock out. Emily served us for dinner and she made our experience brilliant, she was attentive, fun and couldn’t do enough to help make our dinner feel really personal. The quality of the meat that comes from their on site butcher is incredible and the decor in the pub is lovely. We had a slight mix up with our bill when we checked out but the team handled it really well. Thank you!

Worst place I went to we had to drive 6 miles to get food the chef refused to serve me and my driver.

Disappointing slide. We visited the pointer in the past and generally had very good experience. Yesterday we visited the pointer for dinner and had to return two calamari starters for being over cooked, and one main course when the steak was not cooked as ordered. That said some members of our party had very good experience of their food. To their credit they replaced all the items we returned and never charged us for the items. I think the problems stemmed from new staff and being busy due to the amount of covers all being booked in a narrow window of time.

Went here for a special birthday dinner the staff were lovely and inviting. Dinner was really nice and well presented. Both myself and someone with the same pudding choice were both a little disappointed with it but think that was more personal preference. Really nice atmosphere. Parking is a little difficult when busy, however I manged to park down the road okay.

The Venison Wellington Sunday roast was epic. Susan was also great.

The worst fish and chips I ever had. Grey soggy batter. Not very fresh fish Sauce tartare and mushy peas substandard. I was advised not to have the fish pie but we thought fish and chips would be a safe bet. How wrong can you be.

Went there for lunch it was very good food and the beer .The staff were very friendly thanks for a lovely time.

Set in the hart of Brill, The Pointer offers a wide range of quality wines that pair beautifully with the menu. Oliver the host greeted us at the bar and suggested a local gin, that we very much enjoyed with his recommendation of mediterranean tonic water. He led us through to our table in the dining room, lovley decor and cosy! Food is if a high standard and the on-site butcher provides amazing cuts of meat. We enjoyed the Haunch of Venison, the option of a Carafe made the wine very affordable. The staff were attentive but not pushy, they were busy but not stressed, nor were they running around, everything seemed well managed. The hotel room was fresh, clean and comfortable with a hearty breakfast being served in the pub the following morning. Caitlin, Mandy the managers were amazing. Bartender Ailisn and waiter Jacob were both fabulous. Definitely returning!

We live nearby to Brill, and friends booked the Pointer inviting us along Friday evening 22nd Sept, and the evening was really fun with very happy staff joining in with our hopefully polite silliness, really nice beers on offer, and a food menu that was pitched just right with starters, mains and puds for everyone, but done on 2/3 pages’ish. All the courses and menu selections were really good and enjoyed by everyone, including seasonal vegetables provided, no one felt rushed along, but we all loved the VIP experience, and everything was so very clean to sit and lean on, touch and walk across, a really good local again.

We stayed here with family for a wedding for two nights. The rooms were lovely, staff extremely accommodating. The breakfasts were to die for! We had an evening meal On the Friday night for 21 people, service very good, food excellent. I can’t wait to go back in the future to explore the local area!

We had dinner recently. It's a nice building in a nice location. That's it. Service was little more than adequate. Food was less than. Would not go back

The wife and I have stayed here a couple of times in recent years and loved it. A beautiful pub restaurant in a quaint little village. Waddesdon Manor and Bicester Village not far away.

High quality rooms with everything a weary traveller would require. Beds are extremely comfortable and room was large and very clean.

Visited the pub restaurant. Nice location. Generally attentive and friendly serving staff. Average food at best. Overpriced for what it is. Then desserts came which were an embarrassment. Not only was the service for this not as friendly (head chef?!). Worst desserts I've had. Terrible baked cheesecake: Overbaked, grainy, dry, no flavour. The sticky toffee pudding was a mess of what seemed like undercooked/raw batter. Expecting more from this place considering reviews. Confirms we'll be avoiding Oakman Inns group pubs as the food atandards seem to be getting lower in the establishments I've been too.

Great pub, dining room was lovely, food was fantastic. Will come again, and would definitely recommend

Great staff and food but too many dogs up the table and under growling when you walk past Spoilt a good evening

Gorgeous place to stay dog friendly Lovely pup, food was lovely

Having wanted to visit for a while, I was quite excited to head here for my birthday meal, one of our first evening mealsi out as a family with two toddlers. Unfortunately, we should have stuck with what we knew and gone to The Pheasant. Greeting was less than warm, don't have a kid's menu if you don't want small children in your restaurant. Food was dry, husband's 'crispy' (overcooked & dry) chili beef salad was hot it was inedible and my seared tuna was so overdone, it resembled tinned tuna, sent back and didn't receive much better with worse presentation, such a waste of fish. As an aside to all that, the baby changing is only in the ladies so if you're a single man with babies, or just want to share the load, good luck! Such a letdown for such an expensive meal in such a beautiful setting.

Having wanted to visit for a while, I was quite excited to head here for my birthday meal, one of our first evening mealsi out as a family with two toddlers. Unfortunately, we should have stuck with what we knew and gone to The Pheasant. Greeting was less than warm, don't have a kid's menu if you don't want small children in your restaurant. Food was dry, husband's 'crispy' (overcooked & dry) chili beef salad was hot it was inedible and my seared tuna was so overdone, it resembled tinned tuna, sent back and didn't receive much better with worse presentation, such a waste of fish. As an aside to all that, the baby changing is only in the ladies so if you're a single man with babies, or just want to share the load, good luck! Such a letdown for such an expensive meal in such a beautiful setting.

Absolutely delicious food. The best fish pie and the tandoori chicken was sublime. Really warm and attentive service.

Cuisine simple et raffinée. Seul un sourire serait de mise pour rehausser le niveau de l'accueil. Bel endroit, bien décoré et confortable.

Lunch with my sin and his partner. Very friendly to us and our damp dogs. Intend to return!

Our first time in but definitely will not be the last (already got a table booked to go back with friends). Miguel (the manager) and his team are exactly what hospitality is all about! Friendly but professional and efficient. The food was perfect! The Pot Pie and Prawn Curry were nothing short of delicious. Carry on the good work and I promise you we will see you again soon!

Absolutely exquisite, one of the most fabulous rooms that I have stayed in. I now can’t wait to return and will stay longer. The food in the restaurant was wonderful too.

Absolutely exquisite, one of the most fabulous rooms that I have stayed in. I now can’t wait to return and will stay longer. The food in the restaurant was wonderful too.

Random choice as not previously aware of The Pointers but needed somewhere in the area to meet relatives. Well, we landed on our feet with The Pointers. Good friendly service and the food was excellent. We had the burgers, gammon and fish on our table. We were all really pleased with the food, ( this was actually one of the best burgers I've had). Dog friendly as well, our two pointers were made very welcome. If nearer it would be a regular place to eat, if visiting the area I'm sure we'll be eating there again.

Excellent fish and chips plus 12oz rib eye steak. Enjoyable lunch.

A lovely evening with friends. Service excellent and no delay in being served.The starters were superb, chicken livers and prawns simply brilliant. Main courses of chicken and fish pie were plentiful and pipping hot, such a pleasant change . Overall could not fault the quality or service. Thank you we will be back !

Lovely evening, good room, very friendly and helpful staff, good food, would definitely visit again, fairly busy, which gave a good atmosphere

Fantastic stop over after our visit at Silverstone for the British gp. Lovely rooms, top quality food and friendly welcoming staff. Thanks again guys. Spot on. Highly recommended. Hope to be back soon.

Waitress was fab (luckily a noticeable contrast to the woman who we saw on entrance who was most unwelcoming). Food was just a boring “ok”. Lamb dinner was nothing special. We were shocked that items you would expect to find in a roast were charged as extras I.e stuffing, cauliflower cheese, pigs in blankets as £5 per potion! £5 for three small pieces of stuffing! Children complained about the chicken goujons- which tasted like fish and batter had to be removed as overcooked and hard. Had high hopes for the venue but unfortunately will not be returning.

Good food nice location and very food service, highly recommended

Called in for the first time since COVID restrictions for a quick pint on the way to a curry in Long Crendon...beer was good, barmaid was polite...customers made for a good atmosphere - the food seen looked tasty and plentiful but I can't comment on taste or quality on this visit experience. The location only loses a star because this is the second pub in Brill and as The Pheasant gets 5* in part because of its impressive location with views across the windmill including incredible sunsets it would be an injustice to give them equal billing

Have been coming here most Sundays for a long time now,had a couple of bad roasts so left it a few weeks,however come back Sunday and still the same,fried roast potatoes small portions..it’s a real shame as the pointer was one of the best pub/restaurant for miles around.The staff are still amazing and so helpful.kitchen is awful now tho.

Lovely pub. Lobster was very disappointing for £50. Burger was decent.

This is one of the nicest places I have ever stayed! Travelling with work I am often travelling alone - the team here were so friendly and welcoming and nothing was too much trouble. The food was delicious ! Rooms are quaint and have everything you need - comfy bed and room was spacious. Breakfast did not disappoint either. The village itself is beautiful - looking forward to returning !

Marvellous pub for a conveniently located catch-up with friends. The food was excellent, especially breakfast, and the staff couldn't have been more helpful and friendly. Thank you!

We have been regular visitors to the Pointer for a few years now. We meet friends for lunch, about one a month, and have always been very happy with the excellent food and service. Besides that it’s a very pleasant place. Something has gone badly wrong with the kitchen. The food was very poor. I had smoked haddock fish cakes, normally delicious, but today tasteless. I also had a half of Pointer XT bitter, which was off. Others had toast croutons which were almost inedible. All in all we were very disappointed and will vote with our feet, at least for the time being and go elsewhere.

The Pointer is amazing! The food is delicious, the portions are generous, the service was just brilliant - Miguel offered us lots of advice on the menu and also had a laugh and a joke with us which I love. My parents had just got married the evening before and stayed in one of the rooms at the Pointer (they said that was incredible too) and Miguel gave them a complimentary glass of champagne each. It was busy but that didn't impact service, it just created a lovely atmosphere. I can't wait to visit again and bring new friends and family!

I don't know what's happened to the Pointer recently, but this was a very disappointing visit. Poor service, various dishes not available but not pointed out beforehand. £18.50 for a largely cheese sauce and potato lunchtime fish pie (with nothing to accompany it) is also...

The food was ok. Starter was good but the rib eye came with very watery sauce and my partner had the cauliflower, again bland food . I'd say too pricey for what you get. It's a pity. We were looking forward to trying for a long time. £92 for 2 people, I'd expect the food to be better

Met up with family for sunday lunch, we all enjoyed our meal. Staff were very helpful.

Underwhelmed by the standard of the food.

Arrived on Sunday morning for a coffee and something to eat and wished we hadn’t. Staff were rude and the price was ridiculous. Ordered 2 bacon rolls and had to wait 20 minutes for them. Will definitely go elsewhere next time

Whilst I enjoyed the meal I ordered, some at our table missed out on their preference. An out of character busy night apparently, so they were un-prepared and under staffed. Waited quite some time for our meals. This English way of adding 10% gratuity - unless asked not to, is something to be aware of. As when we get to the time of payment, we've forgotten all about that. I prefer to offer tips as and when I feel it warranted. That's just me. Would return to give them another go. Food was tasty.

Came in with a family of 8, had booked prior. Told on arrival it was an unusually busy night. They did have a few people but certainly didn’t seem overly full. Menu looked delicious enough, but our waitress said they’d run out of one or...

It's absolutely amazing. We had the best time for my husbands 60th. The accommodation, food, and staff were amazing x

Have visited The Pointer on several occasions, it’s a beautiful pub in lovely village. Used to have excellent menu with interesting local and very well cooked food, sadly gone very much downhill on last two visits; yesterday they had run out of sourdough bread and...

Nice pub located in the beautiful countryside outside of Aylesbury

Came here earlier today and was not overly impressed with our food unfortunately. I ordered the soup which was nice however, the bread that came with it was two slices of white bread which was disgusting. Told the waitress but got nothing but a grunt...

Another enjoyable lunch at The Pointer on a glorious May day, with the countryside around Brill bedecked with flowers and new greenery on the trees. We ate Single Gloucester Cheese fritters and Crispy Beef Salad and Buttermilk Tandori Chcken..each was delicious. Service as always was...

Lovely dog friendly pub. Sunday roast was great and we booked online via their website. Eaton mess dessert very tasty too. Thanks again to the friendly staff for our visit.

Stayed here for one night and also had dinner. Dinner and service good. The room needs refreshing/deep clean. Mould in the shower, a lot of dust in the room. The reason for 2* room is that we barely got a wink of sleep. Bed incredibly uncomfortable. Problem with fire alarm meant there was a BEEP noise every few seconds throughout the duration of our stay. This kept us awake all night. Spoke to member of staff who said it was currently broken and they were unable to fix. £170 for the room, no breakfast is an incredibly high price for what was received.

Fantastic experience and amazing atmosphere! Food was as expected, great as always and the staff were friendly and bought out the food in good time. Would certainly recommend for a special occasion or just some fantastic food out!

8 of us stayed for Saturday night, and 10 of us had dinner on Saturday evening; we really our stay at the Pointer and would definitely come back!

We stayed here for a couple of nights as we had been here before. This time we bought our Pointer dog 'Sheldon' and he was a bit of a celeb and got lots of fuss from the team. I cannot fault this place, well appointed...

We arrive with friends to be met with a surly waitress - menus were already on the table. The waitress retuned some while later to then inform us that SIX dishes were off the menu! We then all had to choose different dishes. We were...

Well all I can say is ,THERE IS NO POINT !!,,,,, Definitely will not be returning Over priced and disappointing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lovely pub, drinks and service too 🤗☺️🍺🥂 x

We stopped in for breakfast on our long journey up to bletchley park, staff were lovely and the food was incredible would highly recommend a stop if you are passing by. On such a cold day it was very warm and welcoming. Would happily eat there again if we were passing

Only stopped in for a coffee in the morning but enjoyed the ambience and friendly service very much.

Absolutely amazing. The food was to die for. Lovely surroundings. The staff were incredibly friendly, kind, and charming. Definitely recommend a visit.

We took a chance and travelled some distance on the strength of the online reviews for our Sunday roast dinner. Finding a stunning location and nicely presented pub, the helpful and attentive staff put us at ease from the start. Cutting to the chase, the...

Superb Sunday Lunch. Booked by phone a few hours before, and table waiting and ready when we arrived at our booked time slot. All of the Staff were friendly, attentive and personable, despite being really busy. A good menu with several options not just roasts....

Excellent food. We both had the Korean Baos and they were delicious. Nice atmosphere, good beer and food friendly.

Met here today for my dad's 90th birthday and want disappointed. Really lovely stylish pub with a really nice, unpretentious menu. I had chicken livers too start then a burger cooked with bone marrow, which made it super tasty. Definitely recommended

Good pint and the menu looks good so will update the review after I return for a meal. Since returned for a lovely lunch.

The Sunday roast here is delicious!!!

Sat in the bar area for lunch which is much nicer than the restaurant. We both had the fish cakes then sticky toffee pudding and chocolate fondant. The ambiance, food & service were really great. Staff were really friendly and timing very good. Having been...

We only had lunch and it was fantastic. Superb burger, my wife had the salmon omelette and loved it.

Very nice place for breakfast after a long walk with friends. Breakfast was well cooked and Emily who served us was terrific. We would all definitely plan a walk around breakfast again at The Pointer. (coffee took a while and could have been hotter... especially...

If you go to the Pointer make sure you ask the price of the specials. We had a meal and ordered plaice from the specials. We didn't ask the price because we expected an inexpensive fish like plaice to be reasonably priced... It wasn't. The Pointer has a policy of not telling you the prices of specials unless you ask. It turned out that our plaice cost £45.00, which was a lot more expensive than the other two main courses combined, which we discovered when we got the bill. And it's not necessarily the cost that's the issue here. If someone wishes to pay over the odds for an inexpensive fish, that's fine, but if there is a policy of not telling customers the price, and not pointing them in the direction of the specials board which showed prices, then that's poor. We were told that this was the policy when we queried it. By comparison, we recently had dinner in one of the best and most expensive seafood restaurants in Dartmouth, where even the monkfish and seabass, two more expensive fish, cost less than £40 per dish. After we received the bill we were told we could have looked at the specials board for prices, but we were not informed about the board until we got the bill. And we entered via a door where the specials board was not visible. It's the principle that is poor here, and the policy of not telling customers the prices for specials is strange. Our error was to assume that an inexpensive fish like plaice, being served in a village pub would cost anywhere near what you'd expect to pay for a lobster or turbot.

We were welcomed warmly on arrival to this lovely Inn. Our room was up lots of steep stairs, but well worth the effort. There was a decent coffee machine, fluffy towels, and a comfortable bed. The queen bed was two 3 foot beds zipped together....

Go here often,never once had a bad meal,the food is outstanding,the staff are wonderful,and the atmosphere is perfect….

8 of us met here for breakfast and it was fab. The wonderful Emily looked after us and was particularly attentive to the allergy requirements of 2 of us. The food was excellent and it has a nice village pub atmosphere; we will return

We had such a lovely meal and stay at the pointer. Team couldn’t be more helpful and the room was gorgeous. The food, as always, was delicious and fresh.

Met with family for much needed get together. Gorgeous pub, attentive service and amazing food. Crab pate and gin trifle were my favourite. Although some items missing off menu they had replaced with amazing alternatives. Everything cooked to perfection. We shall be back. The pheasant wallpaper is worth seeing too. Loved this venue

Perfect Sunday get together with family. Delish meal and very very good service. Crab pate was totally delish and all mains yummy. The gin trifle was superb. We will be back.

This place is fantastic. Highly recommend.

On a chilly February day we enjoyed a delicious lunch here at The Pointer. We shared a starter of Single Gloucester fritters with piccalilli and a small salad. Then I had hake with butter beans and kale, my wife had haddock in a creamy spinach...

We had a night in the Longhorn room, spacious, well decorated with a fantastic bathroom. Dinner: husband loved his steak. There was only one veggie main, but my request for an omelette was not a problem for the kitchen. (Although the customer sitting next to...

My husband, Boris the dog and I came to stay again at The Pointer as our previous experience was wonderful. We weren’t disappointed. We had a beautiful ground floor room this time but Boris wanted to climb the stairs as he remembered his last stay...

Okay 3 stars is kind of a relative score. I had expectations of the Pointer because it has (had) a great reputation. But we had a very run of the mill experience there. The place was chilly and the staff kept leaving the door open... Food was pretty standard, menu choice had nothing exciting to offer. Couldn't really fault it, but it wasn't anything special.

In early December my wife and I had an outstanding 5 star dinner at The Pointer. The Head Chef, Jason, was passionate and immensely skilled. Full of anticipation we returned last week expecting a repeat experience. Jason had left and the product from the kitchen...

Nice little pub, nice friendly atmosphere and the food was pretty good. We both had the 12oz ribeye on the bone and they were excellent. The waitress was also very friendly. Revisited in early 2023 and the experience wasn't great, the food had gone down hill unfortunately. Doubt we'll visit again.

Sunday roast. Overcooked. Dry. Potatoes dry. Ordered rare fillet steak, came medium well. Sent it back. Peppercorn sauce, lumpy and strange. Friendly service and waitress tried to recover situation but ultimately only one of the three meals was decent. Second attempt at fillet much better. And swapped out the roast as well for OK dish. Unfortunately, first impressions count and we won't be back.

Staff not very helpful nor professional. Would not go there again.